IT Accessibility Curriculum and Resources

Accessible HTML Tables

Contents

• Lesson Plan — HTML version of Lesson Plan
  (includes link to the Microsoft Word® version of the document).

• Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation — Requires the PowerPoint program.
  Braillable text description of PowerPoint slide show.

• Associated Web Pages:

  • badsampletable.html — This table looks fine, but when you look at the HTML code, you'll see it lacks the details that provide context.
  • goodsampletable.html — Another version of the "bad" table that looks exactly the same but provides the contextual information that is important to screen reader users.
  • oceaniaholidays.html — Laying out tables isn't always about rules. Sometimes, as demonstrated here, you need to think about what information you're trying to convey.
  • oceaniatravelreimbursement.html — Here is an example of a complex table, organized two different ways. The first way uses the ROWSPAN attribute; the second way does not.
  • sampletable2.html — This example presents a table used for layout and shows what can happen if such a table is not properly laid out.
  • Braillable text description + HTML Code from all associated web pages

• Quiz and Quiz Answers
  NOTE: A Braillable text version of the compiled set of all quizzes and answers is included in the Resources section of this CD.

• Resources — Web based references everyone can use.

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